Spinning with a wool-silk blend and some FOs

As part of Knit From Your Stash 2007, I told myself I’d try to spin one bundle of fiber each month this year, too, in an attempt to reduce that stash as well. My fiber for April was a 70% wool, 30% silk blend I finally got around to plying last night.

Spinning with this stuff was interesting. I had to hold my hands farther apart than I’ve had to with 100% wool because of the silk content. Every once in a while I’d hit a small knot of silk and need to give a great tug to separate the fibers enough to spin. There are small slubs of the white-ish silk in the finished yarn which I think adds to its beauty.

For May’s fiber I have 8 ounces of one colorway, so I’m going to go against my usual practice and try to spin a thicker yarn to see if I can deliberately create a worsted weight. Maybe I’ll try 3-ply…

Since my last post I finished two small items that I knit on the bus:

Another drop-stitch scarf, using the last of my stashed nylon railroad-track yarn (thank goodness; I’m sick of the feel of the nylon in my hands):